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<img src="https://cdn.icyphox.sh/fit?url=http://files.garage.koti.lan/IMG_1570.jpg&width=1000&height=1000" />

I'm Anirudh Oppiliappan, often found as **icyphox** (or sometimes just
**icy**) on the Internet. I currently live in beautiful Helsinki,
Finland and work for [UpCloud](https://upcloud.com) as a Kubernetes
Engineer. Below are a few things that interest me, and can serve as
conversation starters for you:

- Infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Motorsport. I closely follow F1, F2 and F3.
- Startups and indie-hacking. Admittedly, I don't know much but I follow
  the space.
- Fitness. Strength training, calisthenics.
- The Go programming language. I love Go and I swear by the standard
  library.
- (Spoken) language learning. Currently learning Finnish. Big
  fan of total immersion and comprehensible input.
- Self-hosting and homelabbing.
- Ergonomic keyboards. I like to build them. I also like to use them.
- Electric skateboarding and PEVs.
- 35mm film photography.
- Veganism, ethics and plant-based nutrition.
- Effective altruism, albeit mostly focused on animal welfare for now. I
  donate to:
  * [Good Food Institute](https://gfi.org)
  * [ACE Recommended
  Charities](https://animalcharityevaluators.org/recommended-charities/)


I maintain a somewhat active list of tech that I [use](/uses).

## contact

Send mail to [anirudh@oppiliappan.com](mailto:anirudh@oppiliappan.com).

If you have my phone number, you can reach me on Signal/iMessage. My
Signal username is
[icy.19](https://signal.me/#eu/Nphsc2OCoWjih4d8jfuRRV0v6fJNPOXG9lY1X6B4vYb7KPR4wdpKu6SScSzuztil).

I'm available on IRC as `icy` on [libera.chat](https://libera.chat) and
[rizon.net](https://rizon.net) but I'm likely to miss messages as I
don't get notified. Use the above methods instead.

Some other ways to find me:
- X [@icyphox](https://x.com/icyphox)
- Bluesky [@icyphox.sh](https://bsky.app/profile/icyphox.sh)
- Lobsters [@icy](https://lobste.rs/u/icy)
- Hacker News [@icy](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=icy)
- Steam [@icyphox](https://steamcommunity.com/id/icyphox)
- GitHub [@icyphox](https://github.com/icyphox)
- Fediverse [@icy@icyphox.sh](https://h.icyphox.sh/@icy)

If you're interested in **hiring me** -- here's my
[résumé](https://cdn.icyphox.sh/resume.pdf).

## colophon

The website is built using [vite](https://git.icyphox.sh/vite) -- a
static site generator written in Go and [hosted at
home](/uses#homelab-k3s-cluster) on
[Garage](https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/).

The source code is available [here](https://git.icyphox.sh/site),
licensed under MIT. All content is published under the [Creative Commons
BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) license.